What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

Alfred · 12-15-2012, 11:58 PM

Just saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and it fully lived up to my expectiations. It's certainly lighter than LOTR and I think that's consistent with the source material. Lots of reviews have complained that it drags, but I couldn't think of a single scene that I would have cut. I eagerly await the next one in a year's time.

bob. · 12-17-2012, 11:16 AM

The Hobbit

well it was much better than i thought it would be....coup[le of minor changes and a ton of additional material.....but well done and the film for being as long as it is really only dragged a little

loved the Smaug tease at the end

does anybody know where he is getting the "necromancer" source material from?

The Batlord · 12-17-2012, 11:40 AM

Not sure if this even qualifies as a film, but they had a performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold on PBS last night that I actually really enjoyed. I've never actually watched or listened to an entire opera, don't listen to much classical, and I don't claim to appreciate all of what goes on in that kinda music, but yeah, pretty sweet. They had this ludicrous "thing" that they used as a set piece that was:

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a 45-ton machine that consists of a palisade of two dozen fiberglass-covered aluminum planks that tilt to form various stage configurations. At the opening they move forward and back to create an undulating effect evocative of the surface of the Rhine. In other scenes they serve as a screen onto which video projections add underwater bubbles and other motifs, some of them interactive, triggered by the performers’ movements. And throughout the opera, they swivel to form horizontal platforms or slanting ground planes.

Source.

When it worked it really gave a rather immersive feeling that I don't know would have been possible with a physical set. Of course, being an opera newb, I could be wrong. It also helped that I'm a fantasy nerd and was willing to use my imagination.

Key · 12-17-2012, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfred

I eagerly await the next one in a year's time.

Wouldn't that be the three Lord of The Rings movies that have already been released?

The Hobbit was a prequel.

bob. · 12-17-2012, 11:49 AM

wow!

The Batlord · 12-17-2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ki

Wouldn't that be the three Lord of The Rings movies that have already been released?

The Hobbit was a prequel.

They split The Hobbit into two movies.

Key · 12-17-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

They split The Hobbit into two movies.

Ahh. I wasn't aware of that. Seems rather odd, but I suppose it's impossible to get all the information into one movie.

**Janszoon** · 12-17-2012, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

They split The Hobbit into two movies.

Not two, three.

The Batlord · 12-17-2012, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Not two, three.

Wait, really? I'd heard that, but I'd heard two first. I figured some people just assumed it was a trilogy when it wasn't. Well, that's just ****ing great. Three movies from one book that wasn't even particularly long. How does that even work? There was only really one place that I could think of that you could split it into two movies (after Biblo escapes from Gollum), but how on Earth are they gonna get three movies outta this? And why would you want to?

Key · 12-17-2012, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

And why would you want to?

Because it sells.

12-15-2012, 11:58 PM	#12611 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Just saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and it fully lived up to my expectiations. It's certainly lighter than LOTR and I think that's consistent with the source material. Lots of reviews have complained that it drags, but I couldn't think of a single scene that I would have cut. I eagerly await the next one in a year's time. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

12-17-2012, 11:16 AM	#12612 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	The Hobbit well it was much better than i thought it would be....coup[le of minor changes and a ton of additional material.....but well done and the film for being as long as it is really only dragged a little loved the Smaug tease at the end does anybody know where he is getting the "necromancer" source material from? __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

12-17-2012, 11:49 AM	#12615 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	wow! __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.